Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-17
ARTlc SUFFERING.
Horrible Tales Coming to
Light Regarding the
Greedy Explorers.
The Discovery of the Wrecked Crew
---caring for the Dying and
Injured.

edrlb9 lot tne lying q
Injured.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Captain Norman,
who was ice master OF the Proteus, when
1t bore Greedy and his party to Lady
Franklin Bay in 1881, is relating several
circumstances which have never been
published hitherto. After relating the
finding Of Sergt. Long, Norman said.
"Iong told me that Greedy said SIX
others were alive and in a. tent a little bit
further on. / gave him a drink of
whisky n some biscuits, and he started
on to the launch. When / got near
enough the tent to be heard I shouted:
Cheer up, Greedy; we're here with
two ships to save your
.tThe back of the tent had been blown
down, and l had to cut my way in. The
poor follows We're lying on the ground in
their sleeping bags, just able to move. /
gave them each a drink of whisky and a
biscuit. They acted at first as If they
were In a dream, n could not believe
the evidence of their own senses. One
man, who was just on the point of deli
rum, looked up at me n asked me If I
knew his name. / knew his face perfectly
well, and name, too, for that matter, but
for the life of me / could not recall it.
knew it, said he, it's all a dream
and he began to sob.
"Just then his namc flashed across my
mind.
HYour namei Why, of course, I know
1t. It's Connell, old chap, and you're
with q whole crew of sick men,
tIn fact, 1t took them all some time to
appreciate the truth. You see, all the
Others, just before their death, had be-
come deliriOus, and would imagine that
they had been rescued, and would talk
to their friends just as If they were pres
emit. Those whom ] found were deeply
impressed with this circumstance, and
were afraid that they were getting in the
same condition.
.sergt. Ellison was lying near the
center of the tent. His hands and feet
had been frozen the winter before, and
had dropped of. l gave him a big drink
of whisky and threw q cracker into his
mouth, which he managed to eat by
pressing 1t between his lips with the
stumps of his arms. After awhile Lieut..
ColweI and two men carrying bags Of
bread II pemmican came up. / intro
Il aaSSa NbAWSi " AiISlyt I'LL 5}tlo Jllhb uC
was a member of the Darlington expedi-
ton which had failed. to rescue him the
year before. At this Greedy began to
curse and rave. He swore at the navy;
said there, wasn't a decent man in it, and
that he wished 1t had been the army that
had come to his rescue. Colwell made
no reply, as he thought that Greedy did
not know what he was saying. Pretty
soon a couple Of surgeons came, and with
stretchers. and the poor fellows were
taken o. board the Thetis.n
Glow about the stories of ~cannibalism
published after the relief party re-
tuxneda' asked one of the auditors.
"Cannibslism wasn't the worst thing
that happened during me expedition by
a long shot, responded Capt. Norman,
after q moments hesitation. .sThere
were just three bodies out of thirteen we
found which had not been mutilated.
When ! told Commander Schley the con-
ditton in which some Of the bodies were
found, he told me to keep she matter as
quiet as possible, and not let the men
know anything about. it. The bodies
were taken aboard ship and placed in
/ alcohol. "A wooden ball was placed on
4 Henry's neck, and two wooden sticks
made to represent his arms. Clothes
l wefe wrapped around them to conceal
h deception, and in this. way he was
| buried on Governors Island. An at
tempt was made to observe the utmost
secrecy III the matter, and when Ports
mouth was reached no one was allowed
to see the bodies, and the survivors them
selves were taken ashore to the navy
| yard and surrounded by a Gordon of SEN
| tinels so that no one could approach
/ then: without permission. / think it was
this attempted secrecy that made people
think that something was wrong, and
which finally caused a portion of the
truth to leak OUT
What did you mean by saying that
cannibelism wasn't the worst thing about
the expeditions inquired one of the gem
| tiemen present. what become Of DIR.
Paveyg How did Lieut.. Kislingbury
die? Why was private Henry shotf,'
HAll these things Will come out in due
time. / believe that DIR. Paysy was
| killed. / never could get a satisfactory
explanation of Kisiingbury's death. If
Henry was shot for stealing, why was it
that he was the only man SO punished9
They all stole from the store of provis-
ions. ] found nearly twenty pounds OF
tea hidden away in different places,
which the thieves had been too weak to
1 go after, or had been unable to find it
after it had been hidden. | think the
expedition was badly managed from be-
ginning TO end. Lieut.. Kislingbury was
under arrest, from the day he landed in
Lady Franklin Bay until he died. DIR.
Payey wac also under arrest the greater
part of the time. In fact Lieut.. Grealy
was not on speaking terms with any OF
his commissioned officers. The night of
the rescue the private diary of one of the
men was found. Isaw it and read a few
pages Of 1t, which gave a very different
version of the expedition from that given
in the published reports. The diary dis
appeared the next day, and / don't know
what has become of it. We had letters
from Greedy and Brainard both in regard
to 1T, asking me If l knew where it was
or who had it. / don't think it was de-
strsyed, and I believe that it will be
brought to light one of these days, and il
IT ever is you may8l look for a sensation,
Dakota's whea. Field.
FARGO, Oak, Aug. d6.-Harvesti in the
hard wheat region is so far advanced that
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